WE FIVE: Because "You Were On My Mind," natch. NEW RELEASES: Paste points you to Jason Isbell, Perfume Genius, Charli XCX, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT points you to Magnetic Fields, Public…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with STEVIE WONDER! His session at the Beat Club includes "Intro Jam," "Contusion," "Higher Ground," "Dont You Worry ‘Bout A Thing," "I Can See The Sun In Late…

EVERY MOTHER'S SON: "Come On Down to My Boat," baby. CREAM, Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1968. HAMILTON LEITHAUSER visits World Cafe via a feed shed. LANGHORNE SLIM, Live at Daytrotter,…

LOVE: "Your Mind and We Belong Together." Rare promo. THE HOLD STEADY, Live in Norway, June 26, 2007. OMNI covers Billy Joel's "The Stranger" and 10cc's "Art For Art's Sake" for a…

THE GO-GOS: "Our Lips Are Sealed" and "We Got the Beat" for Twofer Tuesday THE PEEL SESSIONS: Someone has compiled a huge trove of them on the Tube. THE STYLE COUNCIL, Live…

LITTLE RICHARD, a/k/a Richard Penniman, who combined the sacred shouts of the black church and the profane sounds of the blues to create some of the world’s first and most influential rock…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with XTC! Live on Rockpalast, February 10, 1982. Your setlist includes: "Respectable Street" (still one of my faves), "Towers of London," "Runaways," "Jason and the Argonauts," "Burning…

THE TEMPTATIONS gallop through "I Can't Get Next to You" live on TOTP. DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley play virtually for The Current. WAXAHATCHEE guests on World Cafe. MARISSA NADLER…

THE BONGOS: "Numbers With Wings" was nominated for Best Direction at the first MTV Video Awards. DISCHORD RECORDS, home to Minor Threat, Fugazi, and more, are streaming their entire catalog. VIC CHESNUTT, backed…

CINCO DE MAYO STARTS HERE:  …with LOS LOBOS: "I Got Loaded" (with an added snippet of "Turn On Your Lovelight") from their fabulous first full-lengther, How Will the Wolf Survive? "Don't Worry Baby," "Evangeline," "Our…